Feto-maternal haemorrhage does not account for the differences in cord blood volume obtained from Black and Asian versus Caucasoid donors

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 951-953

  Chilvers, Geoffrey ^a   Szydlo, Richard ^b   Regan, Fiona ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cord blood banking; Ethnicity; Feto maternal haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD VOLUME; ETHNICITY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD BANK; DONOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD BANKS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 77649217405     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.08015.x     Document Type: Letter

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